Taxes & Economy

The end of Big Government Conservatism?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 6, 2008

Following John McCain’s loss, conservatives and pundits will start looking to offer an explanation. To keep it simple, let me say this: The financial bailout killed whatever chance McCain’s had.

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State Budget

Check out Pork Parade

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 22, 2008

Congressman Jeff Flake has a new website to expose Pork from Washington. To contribute to the discussion, you can twitter with the code #pork. Twitter users can also…

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State Budget

Earmark abusers jump on earmark reform wagon

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 11, 2008

The Club for Growth notes that both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have signed on to DeMint-McCain earmark moratorium. While this will likely force passage of the bill,…

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Government Accountability

Database to Monitor Spending?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 19, 2006

US Senators Tom Coburn and Jeff Flake have proposed a database tracking all recipients of federal grants (see Cato Institute analysis). Like many of you, I would enjoy easy…

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